Apple Making Moves to Make Its Products More Affordable

[master_chen]

xoxo

Are you Russian?

 

[clownbaby]

More affordable? Well...I guess that's one strategy if you're not going to make your products any better. Maybe they should sponsor NASCAR while they're at it.

 

[ikyung]

And... now it's showing. Steve Job's pointless pride prevented himself from investing heavily into market research and kept preaching about "consumers don't know what they want, but I do." Now, Apple has a very weak understanding of the market due to his failure to accept that once a market matures, so do the consumers. Sure, when smartphones were first introduced, the masses didn't understand the capabilities of smartphones, but now even the uninformed tech illiterates understand basic functionalities.

There aren't any Apple iPhone/iPad users who want a cheaper version of their product. That is like Gucci suddenly releasing low-end handbags. It degrades the brand name. They want variety. Like an iPhone 6 XL with a bigger screen, or an iPhone that specializes in harsh enviroments like being waterproof and being able to withstand dropping. Create variety, not price gaps.

Also, for the haters or fanboys, iPhones are good phones. Yeah, it's not for everyone, but it is very easy to use and the design is very slick and sexy. For people who have zero interest in technology, iPhones serve the purpose of their everyday life. They don't want to understand technology so let them be. It's like going out and buying a pair of jeans and a shirt. For people interested in fashion, they can talk about that subject all day and compare different brands and materials. But, most of you, who have no interest in fashion just don't care. You just want something that fits and won't rip apart when you crouch down. It's the same with technology.

 

[DjEaZy]

... Apple Making Moves to Make Its Products More Affordable? Ok, apple... a macbook air with a AMD APU... make it happen!!!!

 

[BulkZerker]

[citation][nom]DjEaZy[/nom]... Apple Making Moves to Make Its Products More Affordable? Ok, apple... a macbook air with a AMD APU... make it happen!!!![/citation]


Wait that'd make it cheaper and better. Baby steps man, BABY STEPS!

 

[master_chen]

Apple...a MacBook Air with an AMD APU...make it happen!!!!

And a price-tag lower than 700$.

Also on a Trinity APU, not outdated Llano...

...

 

[Cazalan]

They have to get cheaper products out. The Apple fanatic user base is fully saturated.

 

[DjEaZy]

[citation][nom]DjEaZy[/nom]... Apple Making Moves to Make Its Products More Affordable? Ok, apple... a macbook air with a AMD APU... make it happen!!!![/citation]
[citation][nom]BulkZerker[/nom]Wait that'd make it cheaper and better. Baby steps man, BABY STEPS![/citation]
... it would be better... more GPU power and OpenCL for Adobe CS6 4 example...

 

[DjEaZy]

[citation][nom]DjEaZy[/nom]... Apple Making Moves to Make Its Products More Affordable? Ok, apple... a macbook air with a AMD APU... make it happen!!!![/citation]
[citation][nom]master_chen[/nom]And a price-tag lower than 700$.Also on a Trinity APU, not outdated Llano......[/citation]
... it would kill the MS Surfice Pro [por]...

 

[chibiwings]

How Fragile it will be?

 

[Guest]

It's a catch 22 with analysts. They say release a cheaper phone for market share, but a cheaper phone will reduce Apple's margin. Either way, analysts won't like something, and the stock takes a hit.

 

[ubercake]

When you can charge sheep 400% of the cost to produce something and they eagerly buy it, why would you lower the price? Just release a product with a new number and the same people will be out in droves to stay in the club.

 

[catfishtx]

I really don't think this new "cheap" iPhone is intended for the US or UK. It's probably being designed for use in other emerging markets where no subsidies exist. Like someone else already posted, you can get an iPhone 4 for $0 on a contract (I got one of these deals for my youngest daughter for Christmas), so we already have a cheap iPhone.

 

[sundragon]

[citation][nom]master_chen[/nom]Are you Russian?[/citation]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=xoxo

LOL, really?!? Never had a girl write that in a message? 😉

 

[sundragon]

[citation][nom]master_chen[/nom]Are you Russian?[/citation]


LOL, really?!?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=xoxo

 

[homiedontrightclick]

[citation][nom]sundragon[/nom]"iSheep"As an Apple/Android user, people like this are a different kind of sheep - A$$hole Sheep that preach freedom of choice on Android and then mock anyone who chooses different...Hypocritical douchery at it's best xoxo,iSheepSent from my Nexus 7[/citation]


Hell yeah, bro.

 

[ven1ger]

It's kind of funny, just last month or so, I remember several Apple Fans were saying that the aluminum body of the Iphone and their high price point, prove how much superior Iphones were. Guess not so much now if they are going to start sporting plastic bodies and lower price points.

As I said before, for Apple to gather marketshare they will have to lower their prices. US may be willing to pay the premium that Apple asks for, but outside of the US, Apple is losing marketshare against Android. All in all, its good that Apple is doing this because competition is good for the consumer.

 

[master_chen]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=xoxo
LOL, really?!?

YA RLY.
In Russian "Хохо" translates to "Hoho". Thus your post "xoxo, iSheep. Sent from my Nexus 7" made some sense (at least to me), before you did this one. :\

Never had a girl write that in a message? 😉

Women!? On my Tom's!? Нет пути! %)
...also, your Gender status says "Male"....ewwwww... %(

 

[tobalaz]

how they going to reduce costs?
go with slave labor over child labor?